how to pronounce имя

/ˈimʲə/

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the above transcription of имя is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

имя is pronounced in two syllables

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mʲ

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An example use of имя in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… войны он получил новое имя сарко на …”

meanings of имя

noun:

Noun.
Name, first name, Christian name, given name (for inanimate things, see назва́ние (nazvánije)).

имя frequency in russian - A1 level of CEFR

the word имя occurs in russian on average 144.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.